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Best Attractions in Munich (2026)

Munich's main sights fall into a few clear groups, which makes the city easy to plan. The old town is the first: Marienplatz and the New Town Hall, the Frauenkirche, St. Peter's Church and the Residenz are all within ten minutes of each other on foot, and can fill a full first day if you climb a tower and take the Residenz audio guide. Time your visit to Marienplatz for the Glockenspiel at 11:00 or 12:00, and climb Alter Peter or the New Town Hall tower on a clear day for a view that sometimes reaches the Alps.

The second group is the museum quarter in Maxvorstadt, where the Alte Pinakothek holds one of Europe's great collections of Old Masters; Sunday admission there is reduced to a token amount, but Sundays are also the busiest days. Further out, Nymphenburg Palace deserves half a day, ideally between April and mid-October when its park pavilions are open. The Olympiapark and the BMW Museum sit next to each other in the north and combine well, although the Olympic Tower is closed for renovation. The Deutsches Museum is in the middle of a long modernisation, so check which galleries are open before you go. Book timed tickets for Nymphenburg and the BMW Museum on busy days, and leave room for an unhurried walk through the Englischer Garten, which costs nothing and shows Munich at its most relaxed.

10 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 attractions in Munich

  1. Marienplatz and New Town Hall Town hall and central square, AltstadtMunich's central square, overlooked by the Neo-Gothic New Town Hall with its Glockenspiel, an 85-metre tower reached by lift and a courtyard open to all.
  2. Frauenkirche (Munich Cathedral) Gothic cathedral, AltstadtMunich's late Gothic brick cathedral, whose twin onion-domed towers define the skyline, with the Devil's Footstep at the entrance and a south tower open to visitors.
  3. Munich Residenz Royal palace museum, AltstadtThe former city palace of the Wittelsbach rulers, with around 130 rooms, the Renaissance Antiquarium, a treasury of crown jewels and the Rococo Cuvilliés Theatre.

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3. Munich Residenz

Royal palace museumAltstadt

The former city palace of the Wittelsbach rulers, with around 130 rooms, the Renaissance Antiquarium, a treasury of crown jewels and the Rococo Cuvilliés Theatre.

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4. Nymphenburg Palace

Baroque palace and parkNeuhausen-Nymphenburg

The Wittelsbachs' Baroque summer palace in western Munich, with the Gallery of Beauties, a royal carriage museum and a 200-hectare park dotted with garden pavilions.

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5. Deutsches Museum

Science and technology museumIsarvorstadt

One of the world's largest science and technology museums, on an island in the Isar, founded in 1903 and in the middle of a long modernisation.

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6. Alte Pinakothek

Old Masters art museumMaxvorstadt

Munich's great Old Masters gallery, opened in 1836, with works by Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Leonardo, Raphael and Botticelli from the Wittelsbach collections.

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8. BMW Museum

Automotive museumMilbertshofen

BMW's company museum in its 1973 'salad bowl' building opposite BMW Welt, telling the brand's story through cars, motorcycles, engines and design studies.

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9. Olympiapark

Olympic park and landmarkMilbertshofen-Am Hart

The park built for the 1972 Olympic Games, known for Frei Otto and Günter Behnisch's tent roof, a hill made of war rubble, a lake and the Olympic Tower.

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